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Former employee sues Google for discrimination against Black workers
Pursuant to its strong, racially biased corporate culture, Google is engaged in a pattern and practice of race discrimination against its African American and Black employees, the complaint states
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Google settles over firing of workers protesting immigration cloud deal
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board had pursued the case on behalf of the workers and brought Google before an administrative law judge last year
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Florida-based restaurant group sues Google for directing customers away
A restaurant group in the US has sued Google for directing customers to unauthorised Google-branded food ordering web pages rather than sending them to the restaurant's own website.
Google to invest $3 mn in 5 years for Data Transfer Project
Google has announced to provide $3 million over the next five years, as well as hundreds of hours of its engineers' time, for the for the Data Transfer Project.
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YouTube Vanced to be discontinued 'due to legal threats' from Google
After facing a legal threat from Google, the popular Vanced YouTube app is being discontinued
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Google confirms that it is planning to add 6 new games on Stadia: Report
Google is reportedly planning to add six new games to Stadia.
Google suspends Play Store purchases, subscriptions in Russia
Tech giant Google has reportedly suspended Play Store purchases and subscriptions for Android users in Russia.
Air raid alerts added by Google for Android phone users in Ukraine
American tech giant Google will now be adding Air Strike alerts for its Ukrainian Android users amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis.
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Google and Facebook 'Jedi Blue' ad deal probed by EU, Britain
The Jedi Blue agreement enables Meta via its Meta Audience Network, to participate in Google's Open Bidding programme, which is a rival to header bidding.
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Xgimi Halo+ review: A portable 1080p projector with Android TV 10 OS
The Xgimi Halo+ is ideal for those who want the convenience of portability without compromising on audio and visual experience
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Google to send air raid alerts to Android users in Ukraine before attacks
Google has initiated air raid alerts for Android users in Ukraine directly on their phones before expected attacks happen near them.
Beefing up its cybersecurity, Google buys Mandiant for $5.4-billion
Google is fortifying its cloud services with a $5.4 billion acquisition of the cyber security firm Mandiant, the companies announced Tuesday.
Android 12L coming to Samsung, Lenovo and Microsoft devices, says Google
Google has announced that it will bring the Android 12L operating system to Samsung, Lenovo and Microsoft devices later this year.
Google pours $700 mn in Poland as it pulls out from Russia
Google on Monday announced to invest nearly $700 million in the purchase and development of The Warsaw HUB, a modern office complex right in the heart of Poland's capital city.
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Google machine learning can help discover new antibodies, enzymes, foods
Alphabet (Google's parent company) subsidiary DeepMind has shown that Machine Learning can predict shape of protein machinery with unusual accuracy, can help discover new antibodies, enzymes and foods
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Bihar's EOU asks Google, FB, Twitter to provide details of cyber criminals
In the last few months, cyber criminals have used women to make video calls to potential targets and in turn take screenshots of the call to blackmail the victims.
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The cost of war: Oil has wildest week on record; dollar highest since 2020
Europe's common currency fell to as low as $1.0973 as traders weighed the impact of Russian sanctions on the European economy
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Google tells employees to return to offices in US from April 4
Google said it expects most workers to come to the office three days a week and have two days of remote work
Active monthly users of Indian apps, games jump 200% on Google Play in 2021
Indian apps and games have been receiving extraordinary interest from investors and their active monthly user base grew 200 per cent on Google Play in 2021 compared to 2019
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Google donates $15 mn in relief to Ukraine, blocks RT, Sputnik on YouTube
To curb the spread of misinformation and disrupt disinformation campaigns online, Google has "blocked YouTube channels connected to Russia Today and Sputnik across Europe"
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